Deputy Brown County Clerk Justin Schmit demonstrates inserting a ballot card into one of the county's new voting machines on Friday.

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Six years after Brown County lawmakers approved spending $600,000 to upgrade voting machines, the public will finally be able to use them.

Some of the 92 machines will make their first appearance on Feb. 18 in nonpartisan primaries. They will replace decades-old equipment that works, but is difficult to service because parts are not easy to get.

The remainder of voters throughout the county will be able to use the new machines April 1, during the springtime non-partisan elections. Those include County Board and Green Bay City Council contests, village board elections and school board ...